Mayra de Freitas Preto
CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Has experience in General Biology, focusing on General Biology (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
- The role of land use and cover on the conservation of permanent preservation areas in alto Xingu River Basin - MT, BP.MS
Abstract
In the last decades, a striking agribusiness expansion and intensification in Brazilian Amazon agricultural frontier is promoting a fast shift in land use and cover, associated with high deforestation rates and environmental impacts. The Alto Xingu River Basin is located in Mato Grosso, the Brazilian state with one of the highest rates of agricultural and livestock production, as well a...
- A study on the interaction of marine diesel and beta-chitin and chitosan biopolymers, BP.IC
Abstract
Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, a polysaccharide found in several organisms, including the endoskeleton of cephalopods. Among the cephalopods, individuals of Loliginidae family have a well-known economic importance and its collection and processing produces waste, such as its gladius, material rich in protein and beta-chitin. The amino groups present in chitosan confer bi...
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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
PRETO, MAYRA F.; CAMPANA-FILHO, SERGIO P.; FLAMINGO, ANDERSON; COSENTINO, IVANA C.; TESSARI-ZAMPIERI, MARIA C.; ABESSA, DENIS M. S.; ROMERO, AGATA F.; BORDON, ISABELLA C.. Gladius and its derivatives as potential biosorbents for marine diesel oil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 24, n. 29, SI, p. 22932-22939, OCT 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1. (15/10362-2)